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waxing seems to be a very popular thing, especially during the summer
months. I personally enjoy waxing because i find that it makes life
easier. I had never really thought about waxing my arms or even shaving
for that matter. Many years ago i decided to go ahead and shave my arms
and I am so glad I did. I love the feeling of being 100% smooth, however
it gets old having to shave all the time, so i decided to give waxing a
whirl.

The reason this article was named
"behind the scenes of arm waxing" was because I was a client used for a
demonstration to train another esthetician. So essentially I got to hear
all the real talk about all the rights and wrongs on how to properly
wax arms. There is far more to waxing arms than I would have ever
imagined. Therefore I would suggest going to get it done professionally
but for you stubborn people out there who are thinking about doing it at
home I would suggest watching a few tutorials first. I thought oh I can
just do this at home, spread it on and rip it off easy and done. Well
it's not that simple.

Waxing is a multi-step
process, no matter what part of the body is being done. They will start
by cleansing your arms with some kind of dry oil, followed by a powder
to prevent the wax from sticking to the skin and simply sticking to the
hair. She explained that you should work from the upper arm down. Also
to always use pressure when applying the wax in the direction desired so
it spreads on thin and efficiently. Next you will want to apply the
cloth strip in the direction of the hair growth to get the cleanest
results. The tricks with the strips is to use pressure, rather than
friction to get the wax to stick to the strip. Every movement and area
being waxed is done in a specialized way based on how hair your hair
grows. Since everyone has different hair growth patterns, it will be
different for every client. They did strips on my bicep area in straight
up and down motion, a circle around the elbow, diagonal and straight on
the forearm and lastly a triangle motion around the wrist and hand.
After the waxing is done, they will massage the arms with a soothing
lotion or ingrown hair serum with anti bacterial properties to receive
the optimal results.

I found arm waxing easy and painless. It is extremely smooth but it is something that needs to be maintained regularly.

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